'Teen Mom' Stars Earn $60,000 a Season: How Come They're So Broke All the Time?

Any fan of
MTV's 'Teen Mom' knows that one of the major plot points on the show is how the
young mothers struggle financially to take care of their children. But
according to a recent report from Life & Style magazine, the teen moms earn
between $60,000 and $65,000 for an 11-episode season.

That means
since the show started airing less than a year ago, each of the 'Teen Mom'
stars has earned around $120,000. We're going to assume the actual amount of
cash they see is a lot less than that amount -- minus taxes, trusts for the
children (we hope), and other miscellaneous expenses -- but still. That is a
more than livable salary, even with the added expense of raising a child.